Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency)
| Esher and Walton | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Esher and Walton in Surrey. |
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 Location of Surrey within England. |
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| County | Surrey |
| Electorate | 76,962 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1997 |
| Member of Parliament | Dominic Raab (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Esher |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Esher and Walton is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is a small area in the north of Surrey, bordering Greater London. Towns in the constituency include Esher and Walton-on-Thames, which give it its name. It shares similar borders to that of Elmbridge district. It is a safe Conservative seat, owing to many affluent areas within the constituency such as Esher, Cobham and Oxshott.
The Boundary Commission proposed no boundary changes to this constituency for the 2010 general election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Ian Taylor held the seat from 1997 to 2010, having held the previous Esher seat from 1987. Taylor stood down at the 2010 election, and Dominic Raab was elected as the new Conservative MP for this seat.
| Election | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Ian Taylor | Conservative | |
| 2010 | Dominic Raab | Conservative | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Esher and Walton[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dominic Raab | 32,134 | 58.9 | +13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Lionel Blackman | 13,541 | 24.8 | -4.8 | |
| Labour | Francis Eldergill | 5,829 | 10.7 | -8.7 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Collignon | 1,783 | 3.3 | +0.0 | |
| Independent | Tony Popham | 378 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Chinners Chinnery | 341 | 0.6 | -0.7 | |
| English Democrats | Mike Kearsley | 307 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Best of a Bad Bunch | Andy Lear | 230 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 18,593 | 34.1 | +18.0 | ||
| Turnout | 54,543 | 72.0 | +9.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.0 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Esher and Walton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Taylor | 21,882 | 45.7 | -3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Marsh | 14,155 | 29.6 | +7.1 | |
| Labour | Richard Taylor | 9,309 | 19.4 | -4.2 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Collignon | 1,582 | 3.3 | -1.6 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Chinners Chinnery | 608 | 1.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Richard Cutler | 342 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,727 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 47,878 | 62.2 | 0.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
| General Election 2001: Esher and Walton | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Taylor | 22,296 | 49.0 | -0.9 | |
| Labour | Joe McGowan | 10,758 | 23.6 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mark Marsh | 10,241 | 22.5 | +2.1 | |
| UKIP | Bernard Collignon | 2,236 | 4.9 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 11,538 | 25.4 | |||
| Turnout | 45,531 | 61.9 | -12.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Esher and Walton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Ian Taylor | 26,747 | 49.8 | -10.9 | |
| Labour | Julie Reay | 12,219 | 22.8 | +5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gary Miles | 10,937 | 20.4 | -1.6 | |
| Referendum Party | Andrew Cruickshank | 2,904 | 5.4 | ||
| UKIP | Bernard Collignon | 558 | 1.0 | ||
| Rainbow Dream Ticket | Simone Kay | 302 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 14,528 | 27.1 | |||
| Turnout | 53,667 | 74.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -8.2 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)[self-published source?][better source needed]
- ^ Statement of Persons Nominated, Elmbridge Borough Council
[edit] Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1997 - 2005 (Guardian)
- Election results, 1951 - 2001 (Keele University)
